Creating snapshot of an Openstack server/instance using Ansible

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Hello Everyone,
I have been trying to find an ansible-module that can create a snapshot of a running server/instance on Openstack cloud. I have looked into os_image, os_server_action and os_server modules but couldn’t find the option. From the command line you can easily get this snapshot using the command

openstack server create --name

I am running this playbook on the controller node of openstack.

Any suggestion on how can I obtain the equivalent results of the above command using Ansible?

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Hello,

I’m also new to ansible and I had the same problem with you. I got hint from [this answer](http://I’m also new to ansible. I got the same problem with you. I resolved it getting hint from this answer https://www.reddit.com/r/openstack/comments/btbehk/creating_snapshot_of_an_openstack_serverinstance/f3b1gcr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). My solution is just using the command as you stated in question, additionally with auth information:

  • name: create snapshot for instance
    become: false
    delegate_to: 127.0.0.1
    ansible.builtin.command: openstack server image create --name {{snapshot_name}} {{headNode_name}} --os-auth-url=“{{my_auth_url}}” --os-application-credential-id=“{{my_application_credential_id}}” --os-application-credential-secret=“{{my_application_credential_secret}}” --os-auth-type=“{{my_auth_type}}”

The prerequisite is to have openstackcli installed locally.
Hope that helps!